Yearly Archives: 2023
Research: Public Radio’s Storycorps Debates Move The Dial
Jennifer Richeson analyzed questionnaires completed by 400 One Small Step participants before and after their conversations. Her analysis showed that both liberals and conservatives...
Culture Wars And The Shaping Of Language
The culture wars that take place over controversial moral questions are, in part, battles over which ethically loaded concepts should win out within a...
Museums Are Caught In A Big Donor Problem
"There’s less philanthropic money around and need to work a lot harder to engage new donors and this will require a more balanced...
The Swiftie Universe Expands Yet Again (To Film). What’s It Mean?
Swift is that rare artist who’s been rolling along, picking up new fans and keeping the old, during her long career. Just as Taylor...
Could This Documentary Finally Convince People That Nonprofits Need Unencumbered Donations For Covering Basic...
“I hope that it becomes the equivalent of An Inconvenient Truth to the conversation about climate change,” says Dan Pallotta, main subject of the...
Redefining The Canon Of Women Artists: National Museum Of Women Artists Reopens
Yes, our encyclopedic museums need to do a better job of painting the full picture of art history, women and artists of color included....
Tired Of Being A Culture Wars Target, LSU Professor Resigns The Day After Louisiana’s...
“My reasons are simple: The person who will be governor in January has already asked LSU to fire me,” tweeted journalism professor Robert Mann....
AI Companies Are Using Artists’ Work (And Getting Rich). How Do Artists Get Paid?
Right now, a few authors joining together to sue the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and Meta is a bit of a David-vs.-Goliath situation. Book...
On Very Little Money, Belfast Has Developed A Lively Little Dance Scene
"Everywhere I go in Belfast people tell me there’s no lack of talent here, just opportunity, infrastructure and funding. There’s been no executive committee...
Iowa’s New Library Book Ban Law Bans Books By James Joyce, Margaret Atwood And...
This week, the Iowa City Community School District released a list of 68 books that it removed from schools to comply with the law. Among the...
British Tour Of “The Merchant Of Venice 1936” Forced To Hire Security Guards
The production, an adaptation of Shakespeare's play set in the days of Oswald Mosley's Union of British Fascists, stars Tracy-Ann Oberman as a single-mother...
The Vegas Sphere: A Glimpse Of Architecture To Come…
The building raises “the question of analog architecture’s ongoing ability to compete with digital wizardry for popular attention.” - Smithsonian
What To Learn From Being Bored At The Opera
There’s a volitional component to situational boredom—it inspires a pivot, a consideration of what one deems valuable. To be bored in this way is...
A Wave Of Contemporary Operas Is Taking On Black Experiences In America, Past And...
The highest-profile recent examples have been the Metropolitan Opera productions of Terence Blanchard's Champion and Fire Shut Up in My Bones, but there are...
The Met Museum Is Spending $2 Billion To Do Major Capital Projects Without Closing...
"By the end of this, more than a quarter of our galleries will have changed,” said CEO Max Hollein. “It’s open-heart surgery and the...
National Theatre In London To Try Early Weeknight Curtain Times
After surveying more than 8,000 audience members, who expressed desires for more time for post-show dinner, discussion, and/or catching the last train home, the...
Cleveland Museum Of Art Sues Manhattan DA To Get Its $20 Million Roman Statue...
"The museum has filed suit against Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg over the August seizure of “Draped Male Figure,” which has been part of the...
Vincent Patrick, Author Of “The Pope Of Greenwich Village”, Is Dead At 88
"The son of a Bronx pool-hall owner and numbers runner, Mr. Patrick was raised in a milieu sprinkled with the grifters, hustlers and mobsters...
So Just What Is This $150 Million Offer George Clooney Made (And The Union...
The heart of the offer, also backed by Scarlett Johannson, Ben Affleck, Tyler Perry and others, is to remove the cap on actors' pay...
The UK’s Best New Building: A Retirement Community In London Wins The 2023 Stirling...
"In its arrangement of spaces, carefully judged details and tactile material qualities, (the John Morden Centre) is a model for how to create a...
Why Netflix Doesn’t Disclose Ratings: To Help Creators?
“It was part of our promise with creators. At the time we started creating original programming, our creators felt like they were pretty trapped...
After 40 Seasons, Watertown’s (MA) New Repertory Theatre Closes
In 2021, New Rep paused its operations due to financial losses incurred during the pandemic. It reopened nine months later on a smaller scale...
The End Of The Emerson String Quartet
And from its formation in 1976, the Emerson Quartet sounded pretty. It became famous for its rich vitality and easy power in a vast...
Ratmansky And The Future Of Ballet
At a time when audiences are dwindling, and dancers are known more for their TikToks than their technique, it may be unwise to anoint as the...
Hollywood Stars Tell Unions They Would Contribute $150M To Help End Strike
The offer would remove the $1 million cap on membership dues. In an effort to bring a residual system to streaming, the stars also...
